Fee-based HealthTech & MedTech accelerators
These healthtech programs charge a participation or membership fee instead of taking equity. That keeps your cap table untouched, but it means you are the customer, so weigh the fee against what the program concretely provides: hospital site visits, pilot introductions, or a workspace and community. Fees are listed where the program publishes them.
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| MATTER | Not publishedMembership-based healthcare incubator, not an equity accelerator. Verified pricing (matter.health/join/startups, 2026-07-22): Flex tier $0/month (digital curriculum, knowledge library, member Slack); Select tier $400/month (100+ mentors, assigned executive-in-residence, fundraising strategy support, pitch practices, Chicago coworking/event space). No cash investment through membership and no equity terms advertised. Also operates the Paratus Digital Health Accelerator as part of the BARDA Accelerator Network (third cohort of 13 startups announced May 2026). Membership applications accepted on a rolling basis via the site. | Not publishedMembership-based healthcare incubator, not an equity accelerator. Verified pricing (matter.health/join/startups, 2026-07-22): Flex tier $0/month (digital curriculum, knowledge library, member Slack); Select tier $400/month (100+ mentors, assigned executive-in-residence, fundraising strategy support, pitch practices, Chicago coworking/event space). No cash investment through membership and no equity terms advertised. Also operates the Paratus Digital Health Accelerator as part of the BARDA Accelerator Network (third cohort of 13 startups announced May 2026). Membership applications accepted on a rolling basis via the site. | Fee-based | IL | Hybrid | None confirmed | Oct 1, 2026 | Verified |
| Project Healthcare | Not publishedFee-based, no equity: $6,000, or $1,500 a month for 4 months; the program states it takes no equity. No investment provided, hence null. Twelve weeks, primarily virtual (a 90-minute session every Thursday afternoon plus optional Friday webinars) with three immersion visits to Nashville (seven on-site days total) to meet health systems including HCA Healthcare, Ascension Saint Thomas, Ardent Health, LifePoint Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and AMSurg. Ends at Nashville Entrepreneur Day, where cohort companies can compete for $20,000 in non-dilutive Impact Grants ($12,000 first place, $8,000 second). Participants also get EC membership. Spring and fall cohorts; Fall 2026 runs September 10 to December 3, 2026 with 15 companies. Spring 2027 applications are open with no posted close date; programs begin in February 2027. | Not publishedFee-based, no equity: $6,000, or $1,500 a month for 4 months; the program states it takes no equity. No investment provided, hence null. Twelve weeks, primarily virtual (a 90-minute session every Thursday afternoon plus optional Friday webinars) with three immersion visits to Nashville (seven on-site days total) to meet health systems including HCA Healthcare, Ascension Saint Thomas, Ardent Health, LifePoint Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and AMSurg. Ends at Nashville Entrepreneur Day, where cohort companies can compete for $20,000 in non-dilutive Impact Grants ($12,000 first place, $8,000 second). Participants also get EC membership. Spring and fall cohorts; Fall 2026 runs September 10 to December 3, 2026 with 15 companies. Spring 2027 applications are open with no posted close date; programs begin in February 2027. | Fee-based | TN | Hybrid | None confirmed | Oct 1, 2026 | Verified |
| StartUp Health (Health Moonshot Communities) | Not publishedNo longer a traditional cohort accelerator: StartUp Health operates as a paid, private global membership community ('Health Moonshot Communities') organized around health challenges (cancer, Alzheimer's and brain health, mental and behavioral health, women's health, and others). Membership is $499 per year, per person, billed annually, with no application or interview ('join and you are in'); it includes the member app, weekly expert AMAs, monthly fireside chats, events, a content library and member perks. Higher-support tiers and media campaigns cost extra; those prices are not published. The historic 'Health Transformer' equity model is not advertised, so investment/equity null. City/state null: global/virtual community with events at major conferences. | Not publishedNo longer a traditional cohort accelerator: StartUp Health operates as a paid, private global membership community ('Health Moonshot Communities') organized around health challenges (cancer, Alzheimer's and brain health, mental and behavioral health, women's health, and others). Membership is $499 per year, per person, billed annually, with no application or interview ('join and you are in'); it includes the member app, weekly expert AMAs, monthly fireside chats, events, a content library and member perks. Higher-support tiers and media campaigns cost extra; those prices are not published. The historic 'Health Transformer' equity model is not advertised, so investment/equity null. City/state null: global/virtual community with events at major conferences. | Fee-based | Not published | Remote | None confirmed | Oct 1, 2026 | Verified |
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